About Me
Hi! I am a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh currently interested in cognitive science/AI PhD programs as well as related industry jobs.
Interests
- Cognitive Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Philosophy of Mind
Education
BS in Computer Science, 2024
University of Pittsburgh
BPhil in Psychology, 2024
University of Pittsburgh
BA in Philosophy, 2024
University of Pittsburgh
Experience
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
- Served as a teaching assistant for CMPINF 0401 Intermediate Programming, CS 0445 Algorithms and Data Structures 1, CS 1501 Algorithms and Data Structures 2, and CS 1520 Web Applications.
- Conducted weekly recitations and office hours, graded student assignments, and aided instructors with curriculum integrity and design.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Designed experimental materials used to study the significances of the N400 and P600 event-related brain potentials in reading comprehension processes.
- Conducted IRB-approved EEG-based exams with research participants in the lab.
- Processed and analyzed experimental data to draw conclusions that served as the basis of my Bachelor of Philosophy thesis in psychology.
Selected Publications
(2024).
Investigating the relationships of the N400 and P600 event-related potentials to meaning integration and retrieval processes.
Bachelor of Philosophy Thesis in Psychology.
(2024).
Using temporal convolutional neural networks to predict water conditions.
Fall 2024 Research and Creative Fair Poster Presentation.
Awards & Honors
Earned induction into Pitt’s chapter of the ΦBK national honor society as an undergraduate junior.
One of ten recipients of a financial award used to help continue my climate-related ML research.
One of two recipients of a financial award used to support a research project on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to assess and mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change.
One of thirty-six recipients of a financial award used to support a research project investigating the relationships of event-related potentials (ERPs) to reading comprehension processes in the brain.